Bottle-stopper fastening



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. BOTTLE STOPPER FASTENING.

Patented Feb. 27; 1883.

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H. RESLEYQ BOTTLE STOPBER FASTENING. No. 273,159; Patented Feb.-27,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE RESLEY, or CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-STOPPER FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,159, dated February27, 1883.

Application filed October 30, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE RnsLEY, of Cumberland, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bottle-Stopper Fastenings; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottle-stopper fastenings; andit consists in an operating-lever having its lower ends formed intostops, which catch against the sides of the wire to which the stopper isattached, so that when "the lever is forced downward against the side ofthe bottle the stopper will be first raised upward from the neck of thebottle, and then forced over upon the same side of the bottle as theoperating-lever, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a bottle-stopper fastening inwhich the operatin g-lever is made to close upward over the top of thestopper, andwhich is' adapted for use upon bottles having differentlengths of neck, and which is so connected to the wire upon which thestopper is pivoted that the stopper is always thrown over upon the sameside of the bottle as the lever, whereby, after the stopper hasbeenopened, the very act of moving the stopper back into place will forcethe lever up, ready to lock the stopper.

Figure l is a side elevation of the bottle,

showing the stopper fastened in place. Fig. 2 is a similar View, showingthe stopper open. Fig. 3 is a view showing the stopper fastened inplace, taken at right angles with Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail view. Fig. 5 is a perspective of my invention.

A represents a bottle of any desired shape, size, or construction, andwhich hasthe enlargement B upon the upper end of its neck. Applied tothis neck just below the enlargement is the wire 0, which extends alittle over half-way around the neck, and which has its two ends bentdownward and outward, so as to form the pivotal points D, upon which theoperating-lever E is pivoted. This wire 0 is held in place upon the neckof the (ModeL) bottle by a similar wire, F, in the usual manner. Thisoperating-lever has the loop Gr formed at the. center of its top and twoside loops,-H, near its lower ends, so as to catch over the pivots, andthe loops I, formed at its extreme lower ends, through which the lowerends of the wire J are made to pass. The operating-lever has the circleor loop Gr formed at its top, so that by enlarging or contracting thecircle a variable pressure upon the stopper can be obtained. This loopis necessary, as the top of the bottle-neck very often varies in length,and the loop G allows the wire E to expand in proportion as the upwardpressure causes the loop to contract. From this loop G the lever iscurved downward and outward, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to give the levera suitable amount of elasticity. The extreme lower ends of the lever,after forming the loops through which the ends of the stopper- Wire arepassed, are turned upward so as to form the stops 0 for catching againstthe sides of the stopper-wire, and thus prevent it from moving when thestopper is opened upon the opposite side of the bottle from theoperatinglever. These stops are so made that they allow the lever andthe stopper-wire to extend almost at right angles to each other, but nofarther. By this construction, when the lever is forced downward againstthe side of the bottle. the stopper is first raised upward from the neckof the bottle and then thrown over upon the same side of the, bottle asthe lever. When the stopper is raised into position to again close thebottle this wire strikes against the stops and raises theoperating-lever upward, so that it is in position to be forced upon thetop of the stopper, and thus lock the stopper in position.

Upon the top of the stopper, which will be made of any suitable metal,will be formed the ridge or stop P, over which the loop G is forced. Assoon as the loop passes over this ridge or stop the elasticity of thewire out of which the lever is made causes the loop to snap down behindthe stop, so as to lock the lever in place. The stopper itself willbepreferably formed of rubber, which will be secured to the metallic platein any suitable manner.

, Having thus described my invention, I olaim-- 1. In a bottle-stopperfastening, the combi- 2 wanes nation of the wire which is attached tothe the stop 0 formed as a part thereof, and the 10 stopper and theoperating-lever pivoted upon neck-band pivot, substantially asdescribed.

a suitable support, the lower ends of the lever In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in being formed into stops, so as tofo'rce thestoppresence of two witnesses.

per over upon the same side of the bottle as the lever, substantially asshown. HORACE RESLEY' 2. In abottle-stopper fastener, the combina-Witnesses:

tion of the wire J, having the stopper attached JOHN R. ORUZEN,

to it, with the wire E having the loop G and ALEX. KING.

